Quality Technician

RB Royal, a family-owned manufacturing company, is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented professional to join our team as a Quality Technician!

In this role you will perform regular product evaluations, record inspection results, assist in production part approval process, new product development and recommend improvements to the production process by using the appropriate analysis tools.

Core Responsibilities

• Must have ability to use manual gauges, read and interpret blueprints, drawings and geometric dimensions to assure parts meet customer specification.
• Inspect products during the manufacturing process for flaws or defects.
• Verifies accuracy in regards to raw material specifications.
• Audits rework orders for conformance to requirements.
• Have experience with CMM measuring techniques & Faro arm (preferred).
• Assist in the training of new and current employees on quality procedures and requirements.
• Ensure production processes are being followed.
• Performs plant-wide quality documents audits to ISO standards to ensure proper quality procedures and paperwork are being followed and documented correctly.
• Appropriately instruct operators on ISO requirements and how what they do relates to the requirements.
• Maintains calibration system on all measurement equipment, purchases gauging and makes repairs to existing gauging as needed.
• Capable of doing gage R & R (repeatability and reproducibility) studies (preferred).
• Maintains a clean and orderly quality lab and ensure that all measuring equipment is functioning properly both company and employee owned.
• Properly fills out all required documents for all jobs, quality systems.
• Assists QE with internal and external Part Approval Process (PAP) and presents results.
• Initiates rework, NCMR and hold procedures as needed.
• Assist with Receiving Inspections, such as purchased components, parts returned from an outside service, or RGA’s, as needed.
• Performs capability studies for new processes as well as problem processes, interprets information and provides feedback to operators and others in report format as needed.

Skills Critical for Success

• Associate degree in a quality related field or three years of experience in a quality assurance department in a manufacturing environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in the use of gages (micrometers, calipers, Johnson gauges, thread ring and plug, depth micrometer, height gage, CMM, Faro Arm, optical comparator and chamfer check); blue print reading; plating; and quality concepts.
• Knowledge of current quality initiatives in industry such as Lean and ISO.
• Personal management skills such as time management (prioritize multiple demands, adapt to change, meet deadlines), problem solving.
• Computer usage including Word, Excel, Access, or comparable packages.
• Capable of lifting 50 lbs.